“Reading Rocks!” is Wilton Education Foundation’s largest fundraiser which over the years has collectively raised over $500,000 for our Wilton Public Schools.
This outstanding effort has helped WEF fund:
- Makerspaces in all four schools to support coding, robotics, STEM programs, & podcasting
- Recording studio used for the news at Miller-Driscoll (MD-TV)
- Miller-Driscoll (student-run) postal system
- Continued expansion of the recording studio at Wilton High School
- Learning Commons upgrade & video studio at Cider Mill
- Support of Science Fair at Middlebrook
- Greenhouse at Middlebrook School
- Odyssey of the Mind Sponsorship
- Document cameras used for remote learning technologies
- Ongoing professional development opportunities for our teachers to support cutting-edge curriculum initiatives
And more!
Students
Students create personal campaign pages, then invite friends and family to pledge money toward their reading goal.
Students may read independently, be read to by someone else, flip through a picture book, or even read with someone on the phone or via Zoom – anything goes that helps the student celebrate reading!
Students will have from February 1st – February 15th to complete their reading goals
Families and Friends
Ask your student for a link to their personal campaign page. This year there will also be paper entries and cash/check pledges. Please return those to your student’s classroom. Checks should be made payable to Wilton Education Foundation.
Pledges must be completed NO LATER than Friday, January 31st.
Pledges are suggested in $5 increments in support of your child’s overall commitment to read more, rather than a per-page or per-book challenge. We’re encouraging each student to try to raise at least $25.
In honor of our 14th year, we will celebrate World Read Aloud Day during the Reading Rocks pledge period which is on Wednesday, February 5th. On this day, community members will read stories in each class across both schools. Also, be sure to visit the Wilton Library in addition to the school libraries to check out new books. This is also a great time for your child to get their own library card!
New! This year students will be able to submit their reading trackers to be entered for an extra prize. There will be a Google form available from February 15th to February 22nd to submit an image of their reading trackers for that extra prize entry. *To enter they also must have at least one $5 pledge by the end of the pledge period.
Please use these reading tracker printables to help your student with their goal.
THERE ARE FUN PRIZES TOO!
- As of January 31st, the Miller-Driscoll PreK-2nd Grade and the Cider Mill House with the highest participation percentage will earn fun participation prizes!
- For every $5 raised by January 31st, each student will earn a chance to enter into a drawing to win an iPAD* or $50 Barnes & Noble gift card! For example, if your child raises $50, he or she earns 10 chances to win! There will be one Barnes & Noble gift card awarded per PreK-2nd grade at Miller-Driscoll and one per House at Cider Mill, and one iPad Grand Prize will be awarded to one student across all grades PreK-5. *Win an iPad or a gift card of equivalent value to the Barnes & Noble.
- All prizes will be announced after the reading period is over and classes resume from February break.
Questions? Contact Liz Brown at eliz.wise@gmail.com, Caroline Hoffman at carolinehavlin@hotmail.com, or Sarah Rondeau at sarah.rondeau@gmail.com.
Thank you to the Stroup Family for their support of Reading Rocks!!
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Thank YOU for your participation and for your support of our schools!
